Chapin Peak
| Chapin Peak | ||
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| height | 2170 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Quartz Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ S , 131 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Chapin Peak is a 2,170 m high mountain in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the Quartz Hills, it rises 3 km southeast of Stich Peak on the western flank of the Reedy Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the mountain based on its own surveys and using aerial photographs by the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Howard Chapin of the United States Marine Corps , pilot of the VX-6 squadron at McMurdo Station from 1962 to 1963.
Web links
- Chapin Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Chapin Peak on geographic.org (English)